Letters to editor: Zimmerman-Martin case

Reaction to verdict heats up readers

Criticism for assemblywoman

Regarding an article on page B2 July 19, “Lawmaker wants Fla. boycotted over verdict,” boy, give someone an ounce of power and they think they should rule the world.

Does this person (Assemblywoman Shirley Weber) not believe in the judicial system? A jury of his peers rendered the verdict and that should be sufficient. I don’t recall anyone getting up in arms over the

verdict for O.J.’s murder trial, What is so special about this one that the federal government would want to get involved in, or even state government? Granted, it is a sad day when

a human life is taken, but unfortunately it was, and the suspect was tried and acquitted of the charges.

Eugene Newsome

Poway

Nothing sane about verdict

The U-T’s headline for Charles Krauthammer’s Op-ed column “Verdict in the George Zimmerman Case: A Touch of Sanity” (July 19), skews the real gist of the article, which was poignantly stated in its summation. At the end of his piece, Krauthammer rightly calls Trayvon Martin’s death a tragedy. He also correctly identifies Zimmerman’s act as a “misjudgement.” But it’s his characterization of Zimmerman as one with “reckless zeal that led to the death of a young man” and that all we have is human judgment not Divine that should stick in our minds.

Other than the fact that the jury was bound by man’s law there was really nothing sane about the finding.

Neil Proffitt

Oceanside

Many see case for what it was

Like many Americans, I have been transfixed with the results of the Zimmerman trial. And even more so with the ongoing deleterious racial diatribes by the self-appointed leaders of the black community. They are the ones who keep telling Americans how bad we are, how we hate people different from ourselves, how we deliberately incarcerate the innocent, how we try to suppress certain groups politically.

Honest Americans who see this Zimmerman/Martin tragedy for what it was, an unnecessary fight between two men (not a man and a boy who was six feet tall), as tragic as it was, should shed thoughts of racism, and should condemn those who do not.

James D. Lemon

San Diego

Wondering about Weber’s reaction

So Assemblywoman Shirley Weber believes we should boycott the state of Florida because of the Zimmerman verdict.

When will Ms Weber call for a boycott of the state of New York? In 2009, a homeowner “profiled” three teenagers outside his home. Believing they were burglarizing vehicles parked on the street, he called 911, then left the safety of his home with a handgun. He confronted the teenagers and told them they were being detained for police. One of the teenagers rushed him. The homeowner fired his weapon twice and killed the unarmed teenager. A jury found the homeowner not guilty. Where is the “outrage” Ms. Weber? The homeowner, Roderick Scott is black, while the unarmed teenager was white.

Dan Shapiro

Oceanside

Injecting politics into case

You have the right to be dissatisfied with the Zimmerman verdict and voice an opinion. However, for an elected official (Assemblywoman Shirley Weber) to call for a boycott of another state based on a verdict indicates a fundamental lack of trust in the judicial system. We should expect more from our elected officials.